Jacob Kornbluh is the Forward’s senior political reporter. Follow him on Twitter @jacobkornbluh or email [email protected].
Jacob KornbluhSenior Political Reporter
By Jacob Kornbluh
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Fast Forward Mayoral candidates boycott Brooklyn forum amid controversy over racist remarks by local official
A group of New York City mayoral candidates, including Comptroller Scott Stringer and entrepreneur Andrew Yang, are boycotting a candidate forum hosted by the Brooklyn Democratic County Committee on Sunday to protest their handling of the publishing of racist and anti-Palestinian posts by one of their officials. In since-deleted tweets, first reported by The Brooklyn…
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News This man wants to be the next U.S. ambassador to Israel. ‘If it happens, I will say it’s bashert’
Michael Adler has never been in the foreign service. But Adler, a Miami-based real estate developer and Democratic party donation-bundler, has a close relationship with President Joe Biden going back more than four decades. And Adler, who is turning 70 and has been an amateur pilot since age 21, said he has spent so much…
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News INTERVIEW: Israeli’s new Labor Party chief Merav Michaeli draws inspiration from Biden/Harris
Merav Michaeli, the Knesset member elected on Sunday to lead Israel’s beleaguered Labor Party, cleared her schedule last Wednesday to watch Kamala Harris be sworn in as the first female vice president in American history. For Michaeli, a former journalist and staunch feminist, this glass-ceiling moment was very important. “This gives other women the example,…
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News Steve Israel removes himself from consideration for ambassador to Israel
Former Congressman Steve Israel has removed himself from consideration for the post of U.S. Ambassador to Israel in the Biden administration, while two others – Michael Adler and Amos Hochstein – appear to be in the lead. Israel confirmed in an email on Thursday that he informed Secretary of State-designate Tony Blinken that he doesn’t…
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News Community takes pride in seeing Schumer become the highest politically ranking Jew in America
As Kamala Harris made history on Tuesday becoming the first woman and first person of color to be Vice President, she also handed Senator Chuck Schumer of New York with a prize of his own — becoming the first Jew to serve as Senate Majority Leader. The Senate is split 50-50 and Schumer and Minority…
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News Biden team indicates slow process back into Iran nuclear deal. Is time on their side?
President-elect Joe Biden’s senior national security nominees sought to assure Congress on Tuesday that they will not rush reentry into the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran and will only do so with input from Israel and other Middle East allies and in light of Tehran’s activities in the region. Iran was a focal point of…
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News Enough for a minyan: A Jewish Who’s Who of Biden’s Cabinet-to-Be
As President-elect Joe Biden announced his picks for the Cabinet, the joke went around on Jewish Twitter that the West Wing would have a minyan. Indeed, at least 10 prominent Jews have been nominated to key positions. There’s Ronald Klain (chief of staff); Anthony Blinken (Secretary of State); Janet Yellen (Treasury); Merrick Garland (Attorney General);…
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Israel News Senior Israeli cabinet minister ‘optimistic’ about warm relations with Biden administration
With President-elect Joe Biden set to take the oath of office on Jan. 17, a senior Israeli minister expressed confidence that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can develop a warm working relationship with Biden despite major differences on policy — and after four years of embracing President Donald Trump. “I am optimistic,” said Tzahi Hanegbi,…
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